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Check number of pending security updates in Ubuntu

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Mar 15, 202625355 views
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Problem

Let me start by saying I have been forbidden to enable automatic updates on our Ubuntu servers, for both security and regular packages. When I log into any of my four Ubuntu servers, the welcome message contains this: However, when I run the Nagios plugin that monitors APT, I get: I need to know ho…

Error Output

39 packages can be updated.
26 updates are security updates.

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Fix for: Check number of pending security updates in Ubuntu

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Turns out that the number of pending regular updates can be found using: And the number of pending security updates can be found using: In the end, my Nagios plugin was as follows:

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